Flier



Nov. 13 1923. l 1,474,287

y c. PREW y FLIER Filed Nov. 28 1921 l f/g, I i l Y mvEm-on WITNESS:'ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 13, 1923.

UNITED CHARLES PREW, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

FLIER.

Application led Eovember 28, 1921. Serial No. 518,297.

T0 all who-m t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES PREW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol, and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fliers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has for its primary object the provision of a presser forthe fiiers of roving machines, the presser being equipped with a windblade which tends to force the finger of the presser through the. rovingwhile in action to eliminate breaking during each set of roving, with aresultant increase in production.

Another object of the invention resides in providing a presser of theabove mentioned character which is designed to b-e quickly and easilyassociated with fliers of general construction, and upon being fixedthereto requires no adjustment thereafter.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understoodwhen the following detailed description is read in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this ap.- plication, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein Figurel is a view in elevation, showing the attachment associated with theflier of a roving machine.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is ardetail view of the presser.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 indicates a fiier of well-knownconstruction which is associated with the spindle 11 of a rovingmachine, the spindle having mounted thereon a bobbin indicated at 12. Asubstantially U-shaped presser finger is indicated at 14 and is arrangedin parallelism with one arm of the fiier with which it is associated.Projecting at right-angles from the lower end of the presser and thencebeing curved toward the bobbin there is an extension 14 which carriesthe usual shoe 15 which is susceptible of movement toward or away fromthe longitudinal aXis of the bobbin and controlled in a manner to bepresently described. The presser is formed with loops 16 adjacent itsrespective ends and which embrace the adj acent limb of the frames tooperate at a higher speed on the spindle. The number of turns of thematerial generally put round the finger of the presser now in use, istwo and one-half turns, while with the presser constructed in accordancewith my invention, one and onehalf turns round the finger can be runsuccessfully, therefore lessening the strain of the material while beingwound into roving. By reason of this fact, the roving can be made withless twist of the material.

While it is believed that from the foregoing description, the nature andadvantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire to haveit understood that I do not limit myself to what is hereinshown anddescribed, and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fallwithin the scope of what is claimed.

What I claim is:

The combination with a flier for a roving, of a presser finger of thecharacter described comprising a body portion arranged in closeproximity and in parallelism with one arm of the flier, a shoe extensionextending at right angles from the lower end of the body portion andthence being curved upon itself, a loop formed on said finger at thejuncture of the extension and the body portion and adapted to surroundthe end of the arm, an axe shaped wind blade integrally formed on theupper end of the body `portion and projecting inwardly from the iiier inthe manner described and a second loop formed on the finger at thejuncture of the body portion and the blade for associating the fingerwith the arm together with the first mentioned loop in a manner topermit the partial rotation thereof in either direction for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

CHARLES PREW.

